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Modern Chess. Variant on a 9 by 9 board with piece that combines bishop and knight moves. (9x9, Cells: 81) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 04:33 PM UTC:
>> Is there any provision in Modern Chess allowing the Bishops to 
>> Change to opposite Diagonals?

Yes there is.

There is a 'Bishop-Castling' or 'Bishop Adjustment' rule.

For only ONE of the bishops, you can 'castle' (switch positions) with either the Knight, Queen or Minister next to it, therefore moving that Bishop to the white squares.

The Bishop in question must have not moved before 'castling', and the Knight, Queen or Minister to 'castle' with must have not moved either.

I'm trying to get a copy of the original book from Gabriel Maura from a friend in Puerto Rico, to formalize the rules, and request an update to the rules page in Chess Variants.

Haven't heard of the Bishop's one square ortogonal move in Modern Chess, but will ask for the clarification.